Improved wagon-seat



To all whom yit may concern:

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caan sala @stent @imita 7 l' Letters'Patenft No. 95,590, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVE!) WAGON-SEAT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the' lame.

Be it known that I, MELvIN JINoKs, of Wallace, in the county of'Steuben, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Seats; and I do hereby declare that thetbllowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification, in which v Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a carriageseat with spring-attachment.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the seat and attachment, when reversed.

'llie nature of my invention .consists in attaching springs to the bottom of a carriage-seat, and operating the same in the manner specified.

A represents a carriage-seat.

B designate two frames, pivoted together at their inner end, by means of metal plates, constructed as ibllows Plates m, which are fastened to the outer edges of "A frame B, have a slot iu them near theirinner end, and

plates u are penetrated by a pivot which enters the above-mentioned slot.

d d represent two metal plates firmlysecured to the bottom of seat A, the said plates being bent upward at their end for the purpose hereinafter described.

The flames B B' are strengthenedv at their respectvc ends by plates c c and e e, and pivoted near their centre to the projecting end of platesd d by means of h. h h 7L represent four metal springs secured to the bottom of seat A, two being placed near each of the v The innerends of springs h h are booked, for the purpose of holding one end of link s, the other end of" said link being made to passvover a hook, t, projecting from the plates c e.

It will be observed that when there is no weight' on I seat A, the inner ends of frames B B' will be drawn down by the action of the springs h'h h h, untilthey rest on said springs, but when a weight is placed on A, the frames B B will be thrownnearlyin ahorizontal position, and play on their respective pivots, and thus adapt themselves to the jolting of the vehicle..

Having thus described my invention,

lVbat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isil. The hooked yplates ee, in combination with springs h h, when said plates and springs are connected by means of metal links s s, and each part constructed and arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose described.

, 2. The seat A, in combination with metal plates'ee,

frames B B', springs h It, metal links s s, and' slotted plates n n, when all are constructed and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony 'that I claim the foregoing as my own, l

I aix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

v l MELVIN JINCKS.

Witnesses: 1 i

G. R. KERN, f JACOB J. GILDER. 

